Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli
Name:-Siddhesh Nagvekar
Class:-FYBMS
Div:-B
Roll No. :-41
Seat No. :-BMS1108
Early life
Virat Kohli was born on 5 November 1988 in New Delhi into a Punjabi Hindu
family. His father, Prem Kohli, worked as a criminal lawyer and his mother,
Saroj Kohli, is a homemaker. He has an older brother, Vikash, and an older
sister, Bhavna.
Kohli was raised in Uttam Nagar and started his schooling at Vishal Bharti
Public School. In 1998, the West Delhi Cricket Academy was created and a
nine-year-old Kohli was part of its first intake. Kohli trained at the academy
under Rajkumar Sharma and also played matches at the Sumeet Dogra
Academy at Vasundhara Enclave at the same time. In ninth grade, he shifted to
Saviour Convent in Paschim Vihar to help his cricket practice. His family lived
in Meera Bagh until 2015 when they moved to Gurgaon. Kohli's father died on
18 December 2006 due to a stroke after being bed- ridden for a month.
Youth and domestic career
Delhi
Kohli first played for Delhi Under-15 team in October 2002 in the 2002– 03
Polly Umrigar Trophy. He became the captain of the team for the 2003– 04
Polly Umrigar Trophy. In late 2004, he was selected in the Delhi Under17 team
for the 2003–04 Vijay Merchant Trophy. Delhi Under-17s won the 2004–05
Vijay Merchant Trophy in which Kohli finished as the highest run-scorer with
757 runs from 7 matches with two centuries. In February 2006, he made his a
debut for Delhi against Services but did not get to bat.
Kohli made his first-class debut for Delhi against Tamil Nadu in November
2006, at the age of 18, he scored 10 runs in his debut innings. He came into the
spotlight in December when he decided to play for his team against Karnataka
on the day after his father's death and went on to score 90. He went directly to
the funeral after he got out in the match. He scored a total of 257 runs from 6
matches at an average of 36.71 in that season.
India Under-19
In July 2006, Kohli was selected in the India Under-19 squad on its tour of
England. He averaged 105 in the three-match ODI series against England
Under-19s and 49 in the three-match Test series. India Under-19 went on to
win both the series. In September, the India Under-19 team toured Pakistan.
Kohli averaged 58 in the Test series and 41.66 in the ODI series against
Pakistan Under-19s.
In April 2007, he made his Twenty20 debut and finished as the highest
rungetter for his team in the Inter-State T20 Championship with 179 runs at an
average of 35.80. In July–August 2007, the India Under-19 team toured Sri
Lanka. In the triangular series against Sri Lanka Under-
19s and Bangladesh Under-19s, Kohli was the second highest run-getter with
146 runs at an average of 29 from 5 matches. In the two-match Test series that
followed, he scored 244 runs at an average of 122 including a century and a
fifty.
In February–March 2008, Kohli captained the victorious Indian team at the
2008 Under-19 Cricket World Cup held in Malaysia. Batting at number 3, he
scored 235 runs in 6 matches at an average of 47 and finished as the
tournament's third-highest run-getter and one of the three batsmen to score a
hundred in the tournament. He has helped India in a three-wicket semifinal win
over New Zealand Under-19s by taking 2 wickets and scoring 43 runs in the
run-chase and was awarded the man of the match.
In June 2008, Kohli and his Under-19 teammates Pradeep
Sangwan and Tanmay Srivastava were awarded the Border-Gavaskar
scholarship. The scholarship allowed the three players to train for six weeks at
Cricket Australia's Centre of Excellence in Brisbane. He was also picked in the
India Emerging Players squad for the four-team Emerging Players Tournament
and scored 206 runs in six matches at an average of 41.20.
In August 2008, Kohli was included in the Indian ODI squad for tour of Sri
Lanka and the Champions Trophy in Pakistan. Prior to the Sri Lankan tour,
Kohli had played only eight List a matches. So, his selection was called a
"surprise call-up". During the Sri Lankan tour, as both first-choice openers
Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag were injured, Kohli batted as a
makeshift opener throughout the series. He made his international debut, at the
age of 19, in the first ODI of the tour and was dismissed for
12. He made his first ODI half century, a score of 54, in the fourth match.
After the postponement of the Champions Trophy to 2009, Kohli was
picked as a replacement for the injured Shikhar Dhawan in the India a squad
for the unofficial Tests against Australia an in September 2008.
Kohli, after recovering from a minor shoulder injury, returned to the national
team replacing the injured Gautam Gambhir in the Indian squad for the tri-
series in Sri Lanka. He batted at number 4 for India in the 2009 ICC
Champions Trophy because of an injury to Yuvraj Singh. He found a place in
the home ODI series against Sri Lanka in December 2009 and scored 27 and 54
in the first two ODIs before making way for Yuvraj who regained fitness for
the third ODI. However, Yuvraj's finger injury recurred leading to him being
ruled out indefinitely. Kohli returned to the team in the fourth ODI at Kolkata
and scored his first ODI century–107 off 114
balls–sharing a 224-run partnership for the third wicket with Gambhir.
India won by seven wickets to seal the series 3–1.
Tendulkar was rested for the tri-nation ODI tournament in Bangladesh in
January 2010, which enabled Kohli to play in each of India's five matches.
During this series he became only the third Indian batsman to score two ODI
centuries before their 22nd birthday. Kohli was much praised for his
performances during the series as the leading run scorer of the series with 275
runs from five innings at an average of 91.66.
Kohli's first foray into leadership on an international level was when he was
made vice-captain for the tri-series against Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe in
Zimbabwe in May–June 2010, this came about as many more established
players were rested for the tour. Kohli made 168 runs at an average of 42.00
including two fifties. During the series, Kohli became the fastest
Indian batsman to reach 1,000 runs in ODI cricket. He made his International
T20 debut against Zimbabwe at Harare and scored an unbeaten 26. Later that
month, Kohli batted at 3 in an Indian team throughout the 2010 Asia Cup and
scored a total of 67 runs at an average of 16.75. His struggles with form
continued in the tri-series against Sri Lanka and New Zealand in Sri Lanka
where he averaged 15.
Despite the poor run of form, Kohli was retained in the ODI squad for a three-
match series against Australia in October, and in the only completed match of
the series at Visakhapatnam, scored his third ODI century. Winning the man of
the match, he admitted that he was under pressure to keep his place in the team
after failures in the two previous series. During the home ODI series against
New Zealand, Kohli scored a match-winning century, his fourth ODI hundred
and second in succession, in the first game, India completed a 5–0 whitewash
of New Zealand, while Kohli's performance in the series helped him become a
regular in the ODI team and made him a strong contender for a spot in India's
World Cup squad. He was India's leading run-scorer in ODIs in 2010, with 995
runs from 25 matches at an average of 47.38 including three centuries and
seven fifties.
Kohli was India's leading run scorer in the five-match ODI series of the
South African tour in January 2011, with 193 runs at an average of 48.25
including two fifties, both in Indian defeats. During the series, he jumped
to number two spot on the ICC Rankings for Men's ODI batters, and was
named in India's 15-man squad for the World Cup.
Kohli played in every match of India's successful World Cup campaign. He
scored an unbeaten 100, his fifth ODI century, in the first match against
Bangladesh and became the first Indian batsman to score a century on World
Cup debut. In the final against Sri Lanka at Mumbai, he scored 35, sharing an
83-run partnership with Gambhir for the third wicket after India had lost both
openers within the seventh over chasing 275.
Kohli was appointed the vice-captain for the 2012 Asia Cup in Bangladesh on
the back of his fine performance in Australia. Kohli was in fine form during the
tournament, finishing as the leading run-scorer with 357 runs at an average of
119. He scored 108 in the first match against Sri Lanka in a 50-run Indian
victory, while India lost their next match to Bangladesh in which he made 66.
In the final group stage match against Pakistan, he scored a personal best 183
off 148 balls, his 11th ODI century. He helped India to chase down 330, their
highest successful ODI run-chase at the time. His knock was the highest
individual score in Asia Cup history surpassing previous record of 144 by
Younis Khan in 2004, the jointsecond highest score, with Dhoni, in an ODI
run-chase and the highest individual score against Pakistan in ODIs. Kohli was
awarded the man of the match in both the matches that India won, but India
could not progress to the final of the tournament.
In July–August 2012, Kohli struck two centuries in the five-match ODI tour of
Sri Lanka–106 off 113 balls at Hambantota and 128* off 119 balls at
Colombo–winning man of the match in both games. India won the series 4–1
and Kohli was named player of the series. In the one-off T20I that followed,
he scored a 48-ball 68, his first T20I fifty, and won the player of the series
award. Kohli scored his second Test century at Bangalore during New
Zealand's tour of India and won man of the match award. India won the two-
match series 2–0, and Kohli averaged 106 with one hundred and two fifties
from three innings. In the subsequent T20I series, he scored 70 runs off 41
balls, but India lost the match by one run and the series 1–0. He continued to
be in good form during the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka, with
185 runs, the highest among Indian batsmen, from 5 matches at an average of
46.25. He hit two fifties during the tournament, against Afghanistan and
Pakistan, winning man of the match for both innings. He was named in the
ICC 'Team of the Tournament'.
Kohli's Test form dipped during the first three matches of England's tour of
India, between October 2012 and January 2013, with a top score of 20 and
England leading the series 2–1. He scored a patient 103 from 295 balls in the
last match. However, the match ended in a draw and England won their first
Test series in India in 28 years. Against Pakistan in December 2012, Kohli
averaged 18 in the T20Is and 4.33 in the ODIs, being troubled by the fast
bowlers, particularly Junaid Khan, who dismissed him on all three occasions in
the ODI series. Kohli had a quiet ODI series against England, apart from a
match-winning 77* in the third ODI with a total of 155 runs at an average of
38.75.
Kohli scored his fourth Test century (107) at Chennai in the first match of the
home Test series against Australia in February 2013. India completed a 4–0
series sweep, becoming the first team to whitewash Australia in more than four
decades. Kohli averaged 56.80 in the series.
In June 2013, Kohli featured in the ICC Champions Trophy in England which
India won. He scored a 144 against Sri Lanka in warm-up match. He scored 31,
22 and 22* in India's group matches against South Africa, West Indies and
Pakistan respectively, while India qualified for the semi-finals with an
undefeated record. In the semi-final against Sri Lanka at Cardiff, he struck 58*
in an eight-wicket win for India. The final between India and England at
Birmingham was reduced to 20 overs after a rain delay. India batted first and
Kohli top-scored with 43 from 34 ball, helping India reach 129/7 in 20 overs.
India went on to secure a five-run win and their second consecutive ICC ODI
tournament victory. He was also named as part of the 'Team of the
Tournament' by the ICC. Setting records
Kohli batting against South Africa in Cardiff during the Champions Trophy in
June 2013
Kohli stood-in as the captain for the first ODI of the triangular series in the
West Indies after Dhoni injured himself during the match. India lost the match
by one wicket, and Dhoni was subsequently ruled out of the series with Kohli
being named the captain for the remaining matches. In his second match as
captain, Kohli scored his first century as captain, making 102 off 83 balls
against the West Indies at Port of Spain in a bonus point win for India. Many
senior players, including Dhoni, were rested for the five-match ODI tour of
Zimbabwe in July 2013, with Kohli being appointed captain for an entire series
for the first time. In the first game of the series at Harare, he struck 115 runs
from 108 balls, helping India chase down the target of 229 and winning the
man of the match award. He batted on two more occasions in the series in
which he had scores of 14 and 68*. India completed a 5–0 sweep of the series;
their first in an away ODI series.
Kohli had a successful time with the bat in the seven-match ODI series against
Australia. After top-scoring with 61 in the opening loss at Pune, he struck the
fastest century by an Indian in ODIs in the second match at Jaipur. Reaching
the milestone in just 52 balls and putting up an unbroken 186-run second-
wicket partnership with Rohit Sharma that came in 17.2 overs, Kohli's innings
of 100* helped India chase down the target of 360 for the loss of one wicket
with more than six overs to spare. This chase was the second-highest
successful run-chase in ODI cricket at the time, while Kohli's knock became
the fastest century against Australia and the third-fastest in a run-chase. He
followed that innings with 68 in the next match at Mohali in another Indian
defeat. In the sixth ODI at Nagpur, he struck 115 off only 66 balls to help India
successfully chase the target of 351 and level the series 2–2 and won the man
of the match. He reached the 100-run mark in 61 balls, making it the third-
fastest ODI century by an
Indian batsman, and also became the fastest batsman in the world to score 17
hundreds in ODI cricket. India clinched the series after winning the last match
in which he was run out for a duck. At the conclusion of the series, Kohli
moved to the top position in the ICC ODI batsmen rankings for the first time in
his career.
Kohli batted twice in the two-match Test series against the West Indies, and
had scores of 3 and 57. This was also the last Test series for Tendulkar and
Kohli was expected to take Tendulkar's number 4 batting position after the
series. In the first game of the three-match ODI series that followed at Kochi,
Kohli made 86 to seal a six-wicket win and won the man of the match. He
missed out on his third century at Visakhapatnam in the next match, after being
dismissed for 99 playing a hook shot off Ravi
Rampaul. India lost the match by two wickets, but took the series 2–1 after
winning the last match at Kanpur. With 204 runs at 68.00, Kohli finished the
series as the leading run-getter and was awarded the man of the series.